The Federal Ministry of the Treasury (german: Bundesschatzministerium) was a ministry of the
Federal Republic of Germany charged with overseeing the economic possessions of the Federal government.
It was founded in 1957 as the Federal Ministry of Federal Patrimony (german: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftlichen Besitz des Bundes) to replace the earlier
Ministry for Economic Cooperation
In 1961, under the auspices of minister
Hans Lenz, it was renamed ''Federal Ministry for the Treasury''.
In 1969, the ministry was dissolved and its functions transferred to the ministries of
Finance
Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...
and
Economics.
List of ministers
Political party:
Treasury
Ministries established in 1957
1957 establishments in West Germany
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